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chelseahansell
1,795 PointsJavascript CodeChallenge Escape Characters
This code challenge is very confusing.
I passed the first task, and then by the second task it says "It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing" when I try to check the work.
Task 2: Set the 'escapedBackslash' variable to the string of a backslash character.
Here is what I'm putting:
var escapedNewLine = "\n"; var escapedBackslash = "\";
Where am I going wrong? I didn't see this issue in any of the questions already asked. Thank you
2 Answers
Heather Anderson
12,591 PointsIf you can understand that a backslash character ( \ ) is what tells the computer to 'escape' or 'don't register as a string' the NEXT character after it, then you might be able to take a good guess at how to solve this challenge.
For example, if the \n tells the parser, "I put a backslash in front of this character (n) so you know that this next character must do something special, besides printing an 'n'!."
In the second question, you've correctly told the parser to do something special by putting the backslash in, but what other information is it looking for after the backslash?
Take a look at 1:50 of the previous video (Escape Characters) to see a good example of how he solves this problem.
chelseahansell
1,795 PointsAhh yes I see now. Thank you!